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Blame game: What went wrong at the Stade de France?

THE DEBATE © FRANCE 24

First it was a stadium fiasco, then a blame game. Now will political football lead to sackings? French senators are questioning Emmanuel Macron's interior minister after the tear-gassing of Liverpool fans shut out of last Saturday's Champions League final, as well as the claim that up to 40,000 English supporters showed up with forged tickets or no tickets.

We hear Gérald Darmanin's explanation and ask whether the former chief of staff to Nicolas Sarkozy is ripe for the chop.

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